Seven Seek Spots on City Primary Ticket in Local Race
Interest in the city election grows as seven potential candidates move to qualify for the Democratic primary on April 5. A 50-signature petition plus filing by midnight are required. Six council seats are up in June with terms ending for Ward 1 incumbents and Ward 2 members.
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Acanes
Peyton Marshall
Fred Lee
C. Douglas Barnett
Ralph Snapp
R. Frank Barr
A. Lee Coble
Messrs. Forney
Barnett
Marshall
Theo Deh Pentes
Fresh Danger Looms Over Niagara River Ice Flood Threat
Niagara Falls reports ice jams threaten the gorge and the hydropower complex as Lake Erie ice floes push toward the cataract. Weather outlook calls for thaw then a cold snap with winds, while damage from the previous week’s ice surge nears $1,000,000 to a Canadian plant.
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Niagara
Falls
Lake Erie
Hydro-Electric Commission
Niagara Gorge
International Railway Company
Tangled Electric Commission
Hepburn
1987 Chevrolet Special 1 Black De Luxe Forder Sedan
Quick sale for a 1937 Chevrolet De Luxe Forder Sedan with heater and radio. Very clean condition offered by Bickers Motor Co. Special terms. Asking price 645 dollars.
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Bickers Motor Coo
Restrictions On Foreigners By Japanese Areas in Nanking
A Japanese embassy spokesman announced regions prohibited to foreigners include Kiangwan Tazang and Liuhong north of the city. Foreigners in the international settlement and French concession face limits in Hungjao territory and a strip between Hongkew and Kiangwan racecourse. Special passes required. A week earlier Tokyo said foreigners could not visit Nanking though those there could stay. No further announcements on the slapping incident involving John M Allison. An army spokesman said the sentry was keeping Allison from entering a barracks to investigate a Chinese woman incident.
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Kiangwan
Tazang
Liuhong
Hungjao
Hongkew
Nanking
John M. Allison
United States
Allison
Governor callers include state emergency official and park director
Callers at the governor's office on January 29 included Robert Fechner emergency conservation director for the federal government and R. E. Burson park director for Virginia. Former Congressman Joseph T. Deal of Norfolk was another caller.
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Richmond
Governor’s Office
Robert Fechner
R. E. Burson
Virginia
Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
Two Senators Agree The August Senate Is Abler
Senators Pittman of Nevada and Sheppard of Texas mark twenty five years in the Senate and say the body is abler today than in the so called good old days. They note younger members bring energy and earnest debate while experience aids deliberation. Both defend current debates as favorable to the Senate's stature.
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Washington
Pittman
D.-Nev
Sheppard
D.tex
Senate
Sentinncan
Lengthy probe of monopolies debated in Washington
Washington January debates consider a joint Senate House committee to study monopoly proposals for the next Congress. Officials fear broad legislation this session could delay May adjournment. Divergent views on government business relations surface with Richberg urging relaxed anti trust rules under supervision and Jackson advocating stronger trust busting. Bank holding companies face potential extinction or tight regulation with a five year dissolution window.
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Washington
Ton
Senate House Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Donald Richberg
NRA
Robert H. Jackson
Assisant
Richberg
Jackson
Syracuse
N. Y
Glass
D.-Va
Romania vows no violence against Jews despite policy
In Bucharest the king said in a calm interview that Romania will not persecute Jews. He acknowledged a Jewish problem but pledged no violence and expressed confidence in a satisfactory solution under Premier Octavian Goga's nationalist government. He noted US interest and emphasized the issue would be met definitively now.
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Rumania
Royal
Bucharest
Carol
Octavian Goga
United States
Former Suffolk Mayor Found Shot To Death
Otis Jr former mayor of Suffolk and head of the city’s oldest firm was found shot dead. The body was located by hotel proprietor A. L. McInnis and Ballard and Smith department store employee J. E. Babb.
Winchester Chamber of Commerce elects Buncutter president
R E Buncutter, Winchester businessman, was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce for the coming year, succeeding E R Branch. Harold G Brown was re elected vice president and Andrew Bell re elected secretary for the seventeenth term. New directors Frank Armstrong Jr B H Hamman John Glover and Hoye Riley join the board.
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Frank Armstrong, Jr
Hoye Riley
The
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
E. R. Branch
Buncutter
Chamber of Commerce Board
Harold G. Brown
Andrew Bell
Paul Haldeman
National Fruit Product Company
B. H. Hamman
John Glover
Dr. C. R. Anderson
John H. Rosenberger
L. I. Miller
E. B. Cooper
S. Donald McFadden
Dr Charles R. Anderson Improves in Hospital
Mayor Dr Charles R Anderson, removed from his residence to Memorial Hospital with lobar pneumonia after a heavy cold, was described as slightly improved and holding his own by Dr George Snarr. Council and citizens expressed regret over his illness.
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Charles R. Anderson
Memorial Hospital
George Snarr
Anderson
Snarr
Council
Italian blast kills at least 15 in Segni munitions plant
A series of blasts at Segni’s large munitions factory killed no fewer than 15 and injured more than 200. Rescue crews battled flames as Premire Mussolini ordered evacuations and visited the devastated town near Rome.
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Segni
Italy
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Elena
Il Duce
Benito Mussolini
Eome
Carabinieri
Mussolini
Apple Purchases To Be Increased
The Four State Committee representing Virginia Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland met in Hagerstown Maryland and endorsed the plan for government apple buying under the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation. A total of 300 cars were purchased in the past two weeks and 200 more cars will be bought next week on the same basis with grades and sizes unchanged. Chairman Phil H. Gold announced a meeting early next week to finalize plans for using more apples in evaporated form.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Hagerstown
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Phil H. Gold
Lynching Bill Opponents Vow to Talk It to Death
Southern senators pledged to continue debate on the anti lynching bill until it is laid aside. Senator Connally and a caucus of about a dozen agreed to press the fight as they had blocked action for 19 days. They aim to force the Senate to drop the measure amid growing demand for action on other business.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Fashion Note: M for Mussolini Spotted in Rome Streets
Central Press reports a Milan fashion note captured in Rome showing a milady wearing an outfit bearing the initial M for Mussolini. In a separate France moment observers note wearers sporting the letter N for Napoleon.
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Rome
Milady
Mussolini
France
Napoleon
Central Press
Chinese Would Challenge Foe Chinese Would Challenge Foe
Boston January 29 A heavy police guard at the docked Japanese liner Keiyo Maru protects Chinese crew squads who threaten a wharf confrontation. Police and officials moved to ease tensions after reports something might happen. A sister ship narrowly escaped bombing in Sky Wash harbor earlier. Inspector Goodman said the challenge came from crew aboard the Saleh tied behind the Keiyo Maru at the naval base.
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Boston
Wees
Joseph F. Timilty
Patterson, Wylde and Company
Sky Wash
Benjamin Goodman
Boston Police
Radical Squad
Amnmy
Green to Answer Charges By Mail
President William Green of the AFL says he cannot appear in Washington to answer charges of fostering dual unionism by chartering the Progressive Miners of America. He will reply by letter. He also comments on David Dubinsky challenging Charles P. Howard to a referendum on leaving the AFL for the CIO affiliate.
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Miami
Fra
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Washington
Progressive Miners of America
John L. Lewis
UMW
Ilinois
David Dubinsky
Charles P. Howard
International
Slapping of Allison and Riggs Triggers Tokyo Protest
Tokyo reports US Ambassador Grew lodged protest with Japan over a sentry slapping John M. Allison third secretary at Nanking and Charles Riggs American faculty member during a gate confrontation tied to a Chinese woman abducted from American property. Allison denied insulting a Nipponese officer and described the incident as unprovoked. he and Riggs were restrained by gendarmerie during the embassy entry attempt.
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Forney
Sam D. Preston
Lions Club
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Niagara River
Shanghai
Suffolk
O. C. Rand
Lions
John Rodman, Jr
Cumberland
Apple
Insut
U.S
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Grew
John Allison
Charles Riggs
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Kensuke Horinouchi
Domei
Morinouchi
Japan
State Department
Nanking University
Riggs
Mr. Riggs
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